Mark,
FWIW, I know I'm not telling you anything you don't already know. :-)
Usually a corporate entity that wants to solicit for photograph submissions
announces such in some formal way. I think that's the crux of the matter.
I think most might have expected an announcement in a publication, on a
corporate website, whatever. I'm not saying anyone did anything wrong, it
was just rather unusual. It was the first time in my 8 years on the list
that I recall anything like this happening.
I didn't sense an overreaction on this list. I sensed a proceed with
caution... check it out... everything's OK approach.
The one question in particular I had, and no mention of this was made in the
request I saw, was whether the photographer received credit for the image.
Since Pentax Canada apparently wanted these images for free, the least they
could do was credit the photographer, and Marco said the photographer's name
could be at the bottom of the image.
Tom C.
From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:10:47 -0500
"Aaron Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Why do you assume they didn't consider copyright? Usage was explicitly
laid out in the initial mail.
Yep. And the followup did indeed list [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a reply
address.
I can't see why there was so much over-reaction to this. And I'm one of
the people on this list who does shoot and sell images for income.
--
Mark Roberts
Photography and writing
www.robertstech.com
